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March,  1911.  f 
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governing  the  traffic  in  narcotic  drugs.  The  Committee  reports  that 
in  the  case  of  the  Pure  Food  &  Drugs  Act  it  is  pretty  generally 
acknowledged  by  those  most  familiar  with  the  workings  of  the  law, 
even  including  officials,  that  the  labelling  clauses  are  rapidly  losing- 
effectiveness,  especially  so  far  as  the  public  is  concerned.  The  public 
does  not  read  the  labels  or  does  not  understand  what  it  does  read. 
This  opinion  is  so  generally  accepted  that  there  are  many  who  hope 
for  the  enactment  of  laws  that  will  compel  the  manufacturers  to  put 
in  his  advertisements  all  that  the  law  compels  him  to  put  on  his  label. 
One  thing  more  I  think  worth  mentioning :  the  following  resolu- 
tion was  passed  by  the  Association :  Whereas,  The  attention  of  the 
N.W.D.A.  has  been  called  to  the  fact  that  efforts  are  now  being 
made  to  change  the  form,  style,  and  spelling  of  the  articles  used  as 
drugs  and  chemicals  in  the  coming  revision  of  the  U.S. P.,  be  it  there- 
fore. Resolved,  That  this  Association  protests  against  any  changes 
in  form,  style,  and  spelling,  except  those  which  may  be  necessary 
in  the  few  cases  where  more  exact  information  and  research  requires 
a  change.  The  resolution  was  introduced  because  the  Association 
was  informed  that  certain  parties  were  bringing  pressure  to  bear 
to  have  the  form,  style,  and  spelling  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  changed. 
It  requires  no  argument  to  prove  to  you  what  a  mistake  this 
would  be. 
In  closing,  I  would  say,  that  the  meeting  at  Dallas  was  an  entire 
success,  and  the  members  of  the  Association  expect  to  spend  at  least 
another  year  working  in  perfect  accord  toward  the  betterment  of 
conditions  in  the  drug  trade  without  any  factional  quarrels  to  mar 
the  effectiveness  of  their  work. 
PROGRESS  IN  PHARMACY. 
A  QUARTERLY  REVIEW  OF  SOME  OF  THE  MORE  INTERESTING  LITERA- 
TURE RELATING  TO  PHARMACY  AND  MATERIA  MEDICA. 
By  M.  I.  WiLBERT,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Few  subjects,  now  before  the  retail  druggists  of  this  country, 
have  received  more  widespread  attention  by  the  pharmaceutical 
press  than  the  Foster  anti-narcotic  bill  which  is  being  considered  by 
the  Ways  and  Means  Committee  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
